Coupling versus uncoupling in soil consolidation

Coupling and uncoupling between the equilibrium and mass balance equations in soil consolidation problems in investigated in detail. A procedure for judging the strength of coupling is indicated. In the applications, particular emphasis is given to subsidence problems where the coupled nature of the problem is still sometimes questioned. It is shown that even in the case of a single pumped aquifer most situations are coupled.     

The Galileo star scanner observations at Amalthea

In November of 2002, the Galileo spacecraft passed within 250 km of Jupiter's moon Amalthea. An onboard telescope, the star scanner, observed a series of bright flashes near the moon. It is believed that these flashes represent sunlight reflected from 7 to 9 small moonlets located within about 3000 km of Amalthea. From star scanner geometry considerations and other arguments, we can constrain the diameter of the observed bodies to be between 0.5 m to several tens of kilometers. In September of 2003, while crossing Amalthea's orbit just prior to Galileo's destruction in the jovian atmosphere, a single additional body seems to have been observed. It is suspected that these bodies are part of a discrete rocky ring embedded within Jupiter's Gossamer ring system.     

Foraminifera,testate amoebae and diatoms as sea‐level indicators in UK saltmarshes: a quantitative multiproxy approach. W. Roland Gehrels,Helen M. Roe and Dan J. Charman Journal of Quaternary Science Vol 16 No 3 2001, pages 201–220.

The original article to which this Erratum refers was published in Journal of Quaternary Science 16 (3) 2001, 201‐220.